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SubjectRe: x86 memsize > 1Gb patches.
Hello,

> Here is my opinion: I want the kernel to provide a well-defined,
> documented interface to modules. And I also want this interface
> to be stable across different configurations, so that modules
> keep working even when someone reconfigures their kernel.

Are such interface changes worth the performance penalty they incur?

I think it should be enough to add an mechanism preventing insertion
of modules compiled for a different kernel (i.e., adding parameters
like SMP-ness and physical memory size to the kernel version string
stored in the module).

Have a nice fortnight
--
Martin `MJ' Mares <mj@ucw.cz> http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~mj/
Faculty of Math and Physics, Charles University, Prague, Czech Rep., Earth
"This line is umop apisdn."

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